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The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything |
Must read book for every entrepreneur raising venture or angel capital for the first time.
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days (Recipes: a Problem-Solution Ap) |
Great untold stories of the early days of well known startups from the founder's perspective. By the co-founder of Y-Combinator.
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Crossing the Chasm |
Classic product/business strategy book.
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game |
On the surface it's a book about baseball, but there are a lot of business lessons most importantly: trust the data.
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything |
Outstanding book that picks up where Moneyball leaves off: Trust the data but don't be fooled by it.
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't |
Everyone has read it, but it doesn't quite live up to the hype. Still worth a read.
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference |
Probably should have been a white paper instead of an whole book, but still worth a read.
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Long Tail, The, Revised and Updated Edition: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More |
Another one of those books that could have been a chapter, but still worth a read.
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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street |
Written as an end of an era of Wall Street excess...unfortunately predicted 20 years too soon!
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Patton on Leadership |
Some things are lost in translation over the 60 years, but much remains.
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How to Win Friends & Influence People |
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Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design |
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The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development |
A must read for anyone doing product development.
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